Given that you have 16550A-compatible serial interfaces (or something else with a deep serial buffer), you should be able to go 115,200 bits per second over serial lines from one Linux to another. Get a "Laplink" cable from the computer store. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP Bruce@Pixar.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to Bruce@Pixar.com